Goodpasture's syndrome: survival after acute renal failure.

Goodpasture's syndrome, the combination of haemoptysis and nephritis, is being recognized with increasing frequency (Davidson et al., 1966). In its classical form it comprises a distinct clinical entity to which the term " lung purpura with nephritis " has been applied (Rusby and Wilson, 1965). This paper provides the first report of a patient with this condition who recovered after an episode of acute renal failure.